Jim Broadbent – Stream On Demand

Hiromasa Yonebayashi directs the animated fantasy based on the children's novel by British author Mary Stewart

Last chance: ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ – a magical odyssey on Hulu

!Featured, Animation, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Hulu, Kid Stuff, literary adaptation, Streaming Movies 11/20/2022 Sean Axmaker

A normal human schoolgirl receives magical powers from a flower that blooms once every seven year in this magical fantasy by Japanese animator and filmmaker Hiromasa Yonebayashi.

‘Topsy-Turvy’ – Gilbert and Sullivan reborn on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award, art and artists, based on a true story, biographical, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, historical, movies about theater, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/21/2022 Sean Axmaker

Mike Leigh’s drama tackles the creative partnership between the reigning kings of light operetta at a turning point in their career.

Anna Popplewell, William Moseley, and Georgie Henley in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’ on Disney+

!Featured, Academy Award, adventure, BAFTA winner, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Disney+, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, Kid Stuff, Streaming Movies, SVOD 06/21/2022 Sean Axmaker

Disney gave the beloved C.S. Lewis adventure fantasy about a quartet of English children in a land of magic the epic treatment in the first film in an lavish adventure fantasy.

‘Hot Fuzz’ – British mystery meets Hollywood action on Hulu

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Hulu, Mystery, satire, Streaming Movies, SVOD 05/04/2022 Sean Axmaker

‘Shaun of the Dead’ creators Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg reunite with costar Nick Frost for another hilarious and loving genre send-up.

Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, and others star in the film by Lana and Lilly (formerly Andy) Wachowski and Tom Tykwer

‘Cloud Atlas’ – storytelling across centuries on Netflix and HBO Max

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, historical, literary adaptation, Netflix, Science Fiction, Streaming Movies, SVOD 12/16/2021 Sean Axmaker

Lana and Lilly Wachowski collaborate with Tom Tykwer on this sprawling film that jumps between six distinctive stories in six different eras.

‘Enchanted April’ – an Italian escape

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Romance, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/19/2021 Sean Axmaker

Four women break out of their confined lives and roles when they rent a Italian villa in this romantic drama of reawakening. Josie Lawrence, Miranda Richardson, Polly Walker, and Joan Plowright costar with the beautiful Mediterranean landscape.

Ben Whishaw meets a ‘London Spy’

!Featured, British TV, DVD, Limited Series, Netflix, spies and espionage 03/21/2021 Sean Axmaker

There is indeed a spy in London Spy (2015) but this BBC mini-series is not a traditional espionage drama. Danny (Ben Whishaw) is a club-culture young gay man with a dreary day job who meets the closeted, emotionally suppressed Alex (Edward Holcroft), a genius with numbers but awkward with people. He’s an investment banker who […]

Charlie Hunnam stars in the 2002 'Nicholas Nickleby' from director Douglas McGrath

Blu-ray: ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ on Twilight Time

Blu-ray, Blu-ray review, historical, Twilight Time 01/15/2017 Sean Axmaker

Nicholas Nickleby (Twilight Time, Blu-ray) (2002) – You can’t fault Douglas McGrath for his ambition. Determined to bring Charles Dickens’ 900 page semi-autobiographical novel to the screen, he condenses, chops, and briskly skips through what’s left of a dense pattern of improbably colorful characters, and still winds up with a Dickens of a tale. The […]